ICE: 3 in 10 illegal immigrant family units cut off ankle bracelets after being released from custody
by Anna Giaritelli
| September 18, 2018 12:44 PM
ICE: 3 in 10 illegal immigrant family units cut off ankle bracelets after being released from custody
by Anna Giaritelli
| September 18, 2018 12:44 PM
Around 3 in 10 families apprehended for illegally entering the United States from Mexico cut off their ankle monitoring devices shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and told to show up for asylum hearings, an ICE official said Tuesday.
"Nearly 3 in 10 family units are cutting off their ankle bracelets at the beginning of the process when they've been released from our custody within days or weeks so they're not even going to get to that point where they could get the final removal order," Matthew Albence, executive associate director for ICE, testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
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